Sans alcohol: Dry January uncorks both interest and resistance in France

2025-01-15 4

In this edition of Entre Nous, we discuss how some French people are increasingly trying to abstain from alcohol for the entire month of January. However, this Dry January trend has encountered resistance from the nation's wine sector and the state. We punch the numbers of the economic contribution, but also the public health cost, of the French wine industry. Finally, we discover how no- and low-alcohol alternatives are booming.  



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